erfahren
/ʔɛɐ̯ˈfaːɐ̯n/ verb B1- to find out, learn, to come to know · Ich habe aus der Zeitung von Helgas Tod erfahren. I learned about Helga's death from the newspaper.· Sie hat gerade erfahren, dass sie schwanger ist. She just found out that she is pregnant.
- to experience · Er hat im Leben viel Gutes und Böses erfahren. He has experienced a lot of good and bad things in life.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- erfahren
- Present (er)
- erfährt
- Präteritum (er)
- erfuhr
- Perfekt (er)
- hat erfahren
- Infinitive with zu
- zu erfahren
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
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